diff --git a/pandas/indexes/multi.py b/pandas/indexes/multi.py
index 132543e0e386c..1b1c30b8d0d6b 100644
--- a/pandas/indexes/multi.py
+++ b/pandas/indexes/multi.py
@@ -1470,6 +1470,9 @@ def get_indexer(self, target, method=None, limit=None, tolerance=None):
 
         return _ensure_platform_int(indexer)
 
+    def searchsorted(self, value, side='left', sorter=None):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
     def reindex(self, target, method=None, level=None, limit=None,
                 tolerance=None):
         """
diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py b/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py
index 4e7ace4173227..33f266954c767 100755
--- a/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py
@@ -2448,6 +2448,13 @@ def test_iloc_mi(self):
 
         assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
+    def test_searchsorted(self):
+        # GH 14833
+        # Test if MultiIndex searchsorted raises the NotImplementedException
+        df_mi = pd.MultiIndex([[0], ["a"]], [[0], [0]])
+        with self.assertRaises(Exception) as context:
+            df_mi.searchsorted((1, "b"))
+        self.assertTrue(context.exception,NotImplementedError())
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     nose.runmodule(argv=[__file__, '-vvs', '-x', '--pdb', '--pdb-failure'],